‘I would have never left Juventus if it was up to me’, says Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata

Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata has revealed he would never have left Juventus if it was up to him, and that he doesn’t see himself staying in London for very long.

The Spaniard was sold to Juve by Real Madrid back in 2014 and he made a big impression with the Turin giants.

Morata won two Serie A titles and was part of the side who reached the final of the Champions League during 24 very successful months at the club.

But Madrid exercised the buy-back option in the initial deal in the summer of last year following his success in Italy by resigning him for around £25m.

It proved to be a very shrewd piece of business for the Bernabeu club, who then received more than double that from Chelsea just 12 months later.

He has made a good start to life in England, scoring six goals in his first nine Premier League appearances but has now admitted he would have stayed at Juve if he has the choice.

He told Gazzetta dello Sport: “Why did I choose to return to Real Madrid? Because there were contractual agreements that needed to be respected.

“The disappointment was enormous: I found myself back to square one. They treated me like the boy I was before my two seasons in Italy.

“I went there as a boy and left as a real player. For a Spaniard, Italy is the best country to live in.

“You have everything: beauty, history, art, cooking, fashion. I’d have never left Italy and Juve.”

Morata has also admitted that he does not plan on staying London for a long time, saying he finds living in England’s capital “too much stress”.

Speaking ahead of Chelsea’s visit to Roma in the Champions League, Morata said: “I live in downtown Chelsea. What fascinates me about London is its multi-ethnicity, the coexistence of cultures and religions, but I do not see myself living here for very long.